Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 380 Light and Darkness

Ruger withdrew his gaze and glanced at Kurt, who was wearing a blacksmith's apron. Sweat still clung to Kurt's hair, and his eyes were fixed intently on the distant spectacle of persistent light. His eyes seemed to be fixed on the light, unwilling to look away, but Ruger sensed that Kurt was somewhat distracted, as if he was lost in thought, gazing at the luminous wonder while pondering other things.

"I've only read about it in ancient books; I've never actually seen Tianzhu Mountain vandalized. This isn't something an ordinary sorcerer could do..."

Kurt seemed to notice Ruger's gaze, smiled slightly, and turned his head to speak.

"Since you've never seen it, why did you make that inference? The records in the books are very detailed."

Mahama spoke up from the side.

As Luger listened to their conversation, he looked up and saw that the wizard Zorn had disappeared.

"I've heard that about thirty years ago, two of those lords' attendants damaged a Heavenly Pillar Mountain while fighting a dark wizard. It was far from here... That's why I didn't see any light or hear any loud noises that time. It wasn't until a year later, when I went out, that I heard about it from wizard apprentices on other islands... Please forgive my ignorance, I don't have any friends here. The few close friends I had have all died one after another for various reasons..."

Kurt said with a smile.

"I have to go back to work. I got up very early today to catch up on the work... Now I also need to arrange manpower to appease the people on the island."

As Kurt spoke, he jumped off the roof.

The two masters Kurt mentioned are naturally the God of Knowledge and the one from the Three Flames Palace. The so-called servants of the two masters are also two wizards, and they are not ordinary first-ring or second-ring wizards, but even higher. Although the birth of a black wizard is not strongly related to strength, a black wizard who can live and run around must have some extraordinary abilities, and a weak wizard cannot fight against him.

For a moment, only Luger and Mahama remained in the courtyard.

"Will it be a dark wizard again this time?"

Ruger said casually.

Mahama shook his head.

“Dark wizards aren’t so easy to encounter,” he thought for a moment and said, “but this is also a very serious matter…”

"A Holy Judgment Wizard?"

Ruger glanced at him.

"Whoever it is, they should all pray that a dark wizard is present right now, otherwise... without a proper reason, they will have no choice but to be obediently taken away by the holy judge wizard according to the regulations. Destroying Tianzhu Mountain without cause is a serious crime..."

"Mahama said softly."

The two stood on the rooftop, gazing at the spectacular sight. After a long while, the surging light seemed to freeze, neither growing stronger nor noticeably weakening, like a twisted tree with its extra branches broken off—a dazzling giant tree of light.

After having breakfast, Ruger returned to his room.

Now, his desire for meditation has reached a new level.

Under the witness of the Radiant Tree, he would render the long, rectangular testing stone useless in the next few days.

Many people in the city had already put down their work and knelt on the street to pray to the miraculous sight of light, and Old Ethan's Blacksmith Shop was no exception.

When Ruger went out for a meal, he saw a helpless Kurt, but the old blacksmith Ethan was cursing less today.

For three consecutive days, I experienced a life with only daylight and no night.

The radiant tree finally began to wither and decay. Ruger paid it no heed.

He could sense that Mahama must have gone up to the roof again to see that withered moment. The light that had persisted for so long suddenly disappeared, plunging the sea back into darkness in an instant. And this was not even the Tianzhu Mountain within the Chaotic Star Sea.

If it's a densely populated area of ​​Tianzhu Mountain, the loss of one island located closer to the center won't bring too much misfortune to the people there. However, slightly more remote islands might fall into the so-called "twilight sea" state.

In the darkness, Ruger regained his composure and began to meditate silently.

The Silent Seal slowly rotated, causing his mental space to tremble. Since his mental power had become more solid, the expansion of his mental space with each increase in mental power did not cause the same violent tremors as before.

The tremors gradually subsided.

Luger stood on the sea of ​​spiritual energy, looking at the ever-spinning Silent Magic Seal, and felt that it was like a giant millstone constructed from interwoven spiritual energy.

In his perception, if he gritted his teeth and forced himself to exert force at this moment, he could activate the Silence Demon Seal and pull the five demonic marks into it. That would be the moment of advancement, and the moment when the long-accumulated composite spell would be born.

Ruger opened his eyes and looked out at the darkness outside the window.

After the light comes the darkness.

But none of that mattered to him or to them.

They continued their work as usual: some were forging iron, some were drinking, and some were studying magic and meditating. They didn't neglect their duties. Of course, the one who was forging iron might have to pray to the light a few more times during this period, and he would also get scolded a few more times while working anxiously.

"That should be enough..."

Ruger muttered to himself as he took out the standard testing stone for testing mental strength.

One by one, the holes lit up as he gripped the stone slab tightly, until the last one.

He inexplicably exhaled.

Of course, this testing device, which he obtained from Karyu's legacy, was not lost, even though he no longer needed it.

This must be the theoretical pinnacle of a fifth-level wizard apprentice! Ruger thought to himself.

Of course, he could sense that there was still room for improvement in his mental strength, which is what people often refer to as infinitely approaching that limit.

He curled his lip; he would never spend five years like that apprentice seeker Lord Green, or ten years or more like other wizarding apprentices, trying to infinitely approach the limits of that self.

He was confident in himself and in his Demon Mark Meditation Method. He was close to the limit of his mental strength, so it shouldn't be too strenuous. As long as he maintained a moderate level of effort, he could successfully advance.

The bald old wizard in the Black Prison once advised Lord Grim and commented on this behavior of seeking one's own limits, saying that if one pursues it too much, it is simply a kind of clever foolishness.

According to the bald old wizard, everyone's upper limit is different. Some people may spend a lot of time pursuing the limits of their mental strength, but they will not increase their success rate much. Making the right choice at the right time is a sign of wisdom. In history, some people who were not very talented made the right decisions at the right time and were able to recognize themselves. They also reached the highest point on the path of wizarding.

Ruger went to the window. Three days was enough time to change many things, such as the shattered Tianzhu Mountain. If the location was ideal, that would be good. Otherwise, some islands would become so-called dark seas, and they would take advantage of these three days to prepare for war. A struggle for light might have already quietly taken place somewhere.

Meanwhile, he also changed during these three days. Zamao No. 1 has adapted to his own changes, and now as long as he does not deliberately reveal himself, there will be no phenomenon of the aura of faith power being exposed.

Of course, he didn't know if he could fool someone like the wizard Zorn, who seemed to be able to smell the power of faith and even commented on whether it smelled good. There are always some special people in this world. Of course, it also involves whether the power of faith is pure enough. Faith mixed with the chaotic filth brought by a large number of believers is extremely difficult to hide.

(End of this chapter)